I regret to inform you that Register muckraker Jeff Miller has lost it, the NFL is losing it, and the UCLA Bruins are goners.

At the same time I wonder which college football team will go on strike first?

Miller: The Register columnist, who called for Mike Scioscia’s firing last year, reported Tuesday morning the Angels will win the World Series.

He also indicated Gary Matthews Jr. no longer plays for the Angels.

“Remember,” writes Miller, “you read it here first.”

I know how far down the right field line the media sit in Angel Stadium, and so I’m not surprised its taken some time to learn Matthews is no longer with the team.

But as for picking our heroes to win it all, I can’t forget the fact Miller wrote it here first a year ago, selecting the Angels to win the West and JeredWeaver to win the Cy Young.

I don’t recall reading a correction. And I have read pretty much everything the guy has written and I don’t know anyone who has done that.

Miller has the Angels winning it all because he had the Red Sox finishing last a year ago. Given that logic, shouldn’t he have the Angels finishing last because he had them first last season?

It’s hard to understand how Miller’s mind works.

We know, of course, he likes to run in marathons and so maybe the endorphins were kicking in and he was on one of those runner highs when he wrote about the Angels winning the World Series.

Maybe he was so high he forgot Scioscia is still the Angels’ manager, or believes the team is so good it can overcome the manager he thought should be fired.

He wrote the other day he likes vodka and falls down when he drinks it. Maybe he hit his head before writing about the Angels.

He also wrote about preferring to stay home rather than go to spring training, so how does he know the team has improved so much to win the World Series without seeing it? I don’t know.

But then he went to Russia for the Olympics and wrote about how he had nothing to write about, the Register owners spending a ton to send him there while I have to make up odometer numbers to justify a drive to Staples Center.

That’s how much the Register owners love the guy; no one can make something out of nothing like Miller, as evidenced by his Angels prediction. It was the fourth most popular story on the newspaper’s website, proving readers have no interest in facts.

The fact is the Angels do not have proven three, four and five starters and the Dodgers do. The Dodgers’ top two starters are better than the Angels’ top two.

The fact is the Angels should win a division title, but the Dodgers are going to win the World Series, and remember, you read it here first.

NFL: The No Fun League is at it again with word players will be penalized if they score and attempt to dunk the football over the goalposts.

Instead of toying with the idea of moving kickers back, why not have the guy who scores a touchdown dunk the ball over the crossbar for the extra point?

Who goes to the bathroom if Peyton Manning sneaks in for a touchdown and then has to take a running leap to dunk?

The NFL has become too serious, the emphasis now on hits to the head, taunting on the field and in the locker room and analytical overkill.

It needs an injection of emotion and fun more than ever rather than an effort to squeeze celebration from the game.

They say the goalposts are at risk with such dunks; so dig them deeper.

Do you really want to watch a game where everyone acts as if they have been there before once arriving in the end zone?

It sounds good, classy, righteous and all that, but with the time that sports fans now invest in watching the NFL, I’ve got to believe most would prefer a bigger emotional payoff than just handing the ball to the ref.

UCLA: Good for the Bruins on drawing two beatable opponents to advance to the Sweet 16; it brings back great memories of Steve Lavin.

But they don’t look good enough to beat Florida, especially with the emphasis that Kyle Anderson seems to place on appearing cool.

The kid is loaded with talent, but appeared too casual at times, which cost his team. He could get away with it playing against Tulsa and Stephen F. Austin.

But I think he lacks the personal basketball discipline to hang with Florida.

Union: The Northwestern University football team got its legal wish to be recognized as employees, and that’s just what we need, football players singled out in life because they were born with talent getting even more special treatment.

How soon before a team goes on strike protesting the school’s choice of who coaches the team? Or what food they serve on the team plane?

This whole notion that football players don’t get a big enough piece of the pie as schools make money off of football is ludicrous. There are thousands of wonderfully smart youngsters who cannot score college scholarships because their parents aren’t deemed needy enough.

There is no such problem for a kid with God-given ability to play football.

I have no problem with schools making money off their students to remain in business, improve the educational opportunities and in athletics pay for the sports that do not generate an income.

I do have a problem with the emphasis placed on football, and how some people think it’s the most important thing going for a university.

And once we know for sure whether it will be Cody Kessler or Max Browne playing quarterback for the Trojans and we’re no longer writing about spring practice, maybe we can devote some attention to other things.

User Agreement

Keep it civil and stay on topic. No profanity, vulgarity, racial
slurs or personal attacks. People who harass others or joke about
tragedies will be blocked. By posting your comment, you agree to
allow Orange County Register Communications, Inc. the right to
republish your name and comment in additional Register publications
without any notification or payment.